STAND SERIES – WEEK 4
Stand In Faith
Daniel 10:5–19
GOD CARES & GOD IS WORKING
God cares about you more than you realize
God is doing more than you understand
More than you can see
More than you can track
THE TENSION OF SILENCE
Have you ever prayed… believed… trusted…
and nothing seemed to happen?
Not for a day
Not for a week
But long enough that the silence felt loud
We don’t usually stop believing
We just stop expecting
GOD HEARD YOU
Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.”
—Daniel 10:12 (NLT)
God heard you the first day
Something was already in motion
THE PROBLEM – NOTHING CHANGED
If God heard him on day one
why did nothing change for twenty-one days?
No answer
No visible movement
No sign anything was happening
This is where many of us live
THE UNSEEN REALITY
But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me…
—Daniel 10:13 (NLT)
While Daniel saw nothing
heaven was already moving
There was resistance
There was conflict
There was activity in the unseen
TRUTH #1 – GOD HEARS YOU IMMEDIATELY
Since the first day you began to pray… your request has been heard in heaven
—Daniel 10:12 (NLT)
From the moment you prayed heaven heard
TRUTH #2 – GOD IS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES
…for twenty-one days… I was delayed…
—Daniel 10:13 (NLT)
Just because you don’t see anything doesn’t mean God isn’t doing something
TRUTH #3 – GOD STRENGTHENS YOU IN THE WAIT
My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe
Then the one who looked like a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning
—Daniel 10:17–18 (NLT)
Weakness is not failure. It is where God meets you.
FASTING – POSITIONING, NOT PRESSURING
Daniel leaned in when nothing changed
Fasting positions you
It aligns you with God
HOW YOU KEEP STANDING
Pray again
Guard your words
Take your thoughts captive
Hold onto truth
THE “AGAIN” MOMENT
Pray again
Believe again
Trust again
Hope again
THE TOUCH OF GOD
Don’t be afraid… for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!
—Daniel 10:19 (NLT)
You don’t need every answer. You need strength.
Where are you in the waiting?
Have you stopped expecting?
Are you losing strength?
Are you ready to quit?
God cares about you more than you realize.
God is doing more than you understand.
And just because you don’t see anything doesn’t mean God isn’t doing something.
PRAYER
Father
Thank You that You hear us
Strengthen us in the waiting
Help us trust You when we don’t understand
Give us faith to stand
In Jesus’ name
Amen
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